GM Jack Zduriencik and the Seattle Mariners made some more roster moves today in preparation for the Rule V draft coming up next month.  The deadline for setting the roster is today.
Four players were added to the 40-man roster, including pitchers Gabby Hernandez, who was acquired in the Arthur Rhodes trade, Stephan Kahn and Marwin Vega, […]

As I mentioned in the J.J. Hardy post and I’m sure you know, GMs love to bring in players they’re familiar with when changing teams, and Jack Zduriencik has brought in his first guy.
24 year old Steve Moss has been signed to a minor league contract with Seattle.  He was drafted in the 29th round […]

New GM Jack Zduriencik has begun building his front office by relieving popular VP of Scouting Bob Fontaine of his duties.
Fontaine stepped in before the 2004 season and has helped revamp a farm system that was sorely lacking talent.  Since he’s stepped in Fontaine has brought in a ton of talented youths that Seattle Mariner […]

Interim GM Lee Pelekoudas has his work cut out for him.  He blew the chance at having Jarrod Washburn’s salary erased by trying to squeeze out some worthwhile talent from the New York Yankees (reportedly).  The theory was that he could ask high before the July 31st deadline because once that deadline passed Washburn could […]

It’s nice to see this organization starting to make some moves to put them on the right track, or at least pointing themselves towards the right track. 
One of the team’s weaknesses was the shortage of worthwhile starters in the upper levels.  In just a few short weeks the organization has added three guys to go […]

KOMO radio has reported that Jose Vidro has finally been DFA’d. All I have to say is it’s about damn time. No longer will we have to watch the worst hitter in baseball bat in the middle of the order. No word yet on who will take his place on the roster but my money is on […]

The Florida Marlins had been the front runner for Arthur Rhodes’ services for the last few days, and now it’s official.  Seattle picks up minor league starting pitcher Gaby Hernandez.
Hernandez is nothing special, but he gives the team some depth where they’re the thinnest.  The farm system is weak as far as starting pitching in the upper […]

No new word yet on what’s going on with the Jarrod Washburn trade.  There are a million conflicting reports out there regarding who’s coming and going.  There is, however, some other trade talk to digest.
One scout thinks Seattle should trade Yuniesky Betancourt, saying that “he probably won’t reach his potential in Seattle.”  Would Seattle deal him?  […]

J.J. Putz was activated from the DL today.  He will pitch in middle relief until he shows that he has what it takes to close again.
To make room for Putz, Seattle demoted Ryan Rowland-Smith to AAA Tacoma.  The reason that he was sent down was so that Seattle can properly convert him into a starter […]

According to Ryan Divish of the News Tribune, the Mariners are set to call up first baseman Bryan LaHair from AAA Tacoma. 
LaHair was thought to be called up when Richie Sexson was released, but he was dealing with turf toe and wasn’t able to play.
No news yet on the corresponding roster move, but if you […]

In a surprise and somewhat unwarranted move the Seattle Mariners traded for first baseman Craig Wilson and will send the Pittsburgh Pirates a player at a later date to complete the transaction.
Wilson had some decent seasons between 2001 and 2005, posting OPS+’s between 107 and 146.  Since then he has faded into obscurity, struggling with various […]

Hey, a Dustin appearance! Sorry about the mini-break I took, I was on a rampant job search. I was shut down. But hey, I’m not the only person who was shut down. Read below and enjoy!
I only wish I knew the number of people out there thinking, “It’s about time…” Well, I agree with you […]

Felix Hernandez has been placed on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to his collision with Carlos Beltran in New York. He will be available on July 9th at the earliest.
This move wasn’t made because Felix’s injury turned out worse than expected, but mainly because the team is in desperate need of some arms. Cesar […]

Round 1, Pick 20 - Joshua Fields, RHP
In the 2006 June draft the Seattle Mariners took Brandon Morrow fifth overall, and Phillipe Aumont at number eleven last year. This year the Mariners continued the trend of using their first pick on a top talent arm by selecting Joshua Fields with the 20th pick overall. […]

I’m not home yet, not for a couple more weeks, but the busiest part of my mini-sabbatical is completed.  I’m currently in Orlando with some time on my hands, so I’m happy to report that I’m back to full-time blogging.
While I’m almost relieved to have missed most of the last month of atrocious Mariner baseball, […]

I haven’t spent much time in front of the computer or in front of the TV lately.  I have lots of family in town and I’m days away from embarking on a series of trips (some work, mostly vacation) that’ll have me away from Washington for 41 days consecutively, so sorry for the lack of updates!  […]

Greg Norton, who was DFA’d after the callups of Jeff Clement and Wladimir Balentien, was traded today to the Atlanta Braves for cash considerations and or a PTBNL.
This should be a much better situation for Norton, where he’ll almost certainly receive daily at bats in the National League style of play. 
As far as these player-to-be-named-later […]

I just mentioned that Brad Wilkerson was on his way out, and now John Hickey of the Seattle P-I is reporting that Jeff Clement and Wladimir Balentien will indeed be joining the Seattle Mariners in Cleveland for Wednesday’s ballgame.  As I type Geoff Baker updates his blog that both Wilkerson and Greg Norton have been designated for […]